Journal publications

2022

  • Viviroli D, Sikorska-Senoner AE, Evin G, Staudinger M, Kauzlaric M, Chardon J, et al.
    Comprehensive space-time hydrometeorological simulations for estimating very rare floods at multiple sites in a large river basin
    Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 2022; 22(9): 2891-2920. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2891-2022
    DORA PSI

2021

  • Greco SF, Podofillini L, Dang VN
    A Bayesian model to treat within-category and crew-to-crew variability in simulator data for Human Reliability Analysis
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2021; 206: 107309 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2020.107309
    DORA PSI
  • Greco SF, Podofillini L, Dang VN
    Crew performance variability in human error probability quantification: a methodology based on behavioral patterns from simulator data
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal or Risk and Reliability. 2021; 235(4): 637-659. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X20986743
    DORA PSI
  • Kottmann F, Kyriakidis M, Dang VN, Sansavini G
    Enhancing infrastructure resilience by using dynamically updated damage estimates in optimal repair planning: the power grid case
    ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering. 2021; 7(4): 04021048 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1061/AJRUA6.0001159
    DORA PSI
  • Kyriakidis M, Dang VN
    A scoping method for human performance integrity and reliability assessment in process industries
    Process Safety Progress. 2021; 40(4): 224-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/prs.12260
    DORA PSI
  • Podofillini L, Reer B, Dang VN
    Analysis of recent operational events involving inappropriate actions: influencing factors and root causes
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2021; 216: 108013 (20 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2021.108013
    DORA PSI
  • Wang Y, Kyriakidis M, Dang VN
    Incorporating human factors in emergency evacuation - an overview of behavioral factors and models
    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2021; 60: 102254 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102254
    DORA PSI

2020

  • Ayoub A, Pfingsten W, Podofillini L, Sansavini G
    Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the chemistry of cesium sorption in deep geological repositories
    Applied Geochemistry. 2020; 117: 104607 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104607
    DORA PSI
  • Kalinina A, Spada M, Vetsch D, Marelli S, Whealton C, Burgherr P, et al.
    Metamodeling for uncertainty quantification of a flood wave model for concrete dam breaks
    Energies. 2020; 13(14): 3685 (25 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/en13143685
    DORA PSI
  • Kyriakidis M, Sodnik J, Stojmenova K, Elvarsson AB, Pronello C, Thomopoulos N
    The role of human operators in safety perception of av deployment - insights from a large European survey
    Sustainability. 2020; 12(21): 9166 (24 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219166
    DORA PSI
  • Moura R, Beer M, Podofillini L
    Special issue on human performance and decision-making in complex industrial environments
    ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering. 2020; 6(1): 010301 (2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045557
    DORA PSI
  • Pandya D, Podofillini L, Emert F, Lomax AJ, Dang VN, Sansavini G
    Quantification of a human reliability analysis method for radiotherapy applications based on expert judgment aggregation
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2020; 194: 106489 (22 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2019.05.001
    DORA PSI
  • Podofillini L, Mosleh A
    Foundations and novel domains for Human Reliability Analysis
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2020; 194: 106759 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2019.106759
    DORA PSI
  • Porthin M, Liinasuo M, Kling T
    Effects of digitalization of nuclear power plant control rooms on human reliability analysis – A review
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2020; 194: 106415 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2019.03.022
    DORA PSI

2019

  • Giardina M, Buffa P, Dang V, Greco SF, Podofillini L, Prete G
    Early-design improvement of human reliability in an experimental facility: a combined approach and application on SPES
    Safety Science. 2019; 119: 300-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2018.08.008
    DORA PSI
  • Liao H, Forester J, Dang VN, Bye A, Chang YHJ, Lois E
    Assessment of HRA method predictions against operating crew performance: part I: study background, design and methodology
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2019; 191: 106509 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2019.106509
    DORA PSI
  • Liao H, Forester J, Dang VN, Bye A, Chang YHJ, Lois E
    Assessment of HRA method predictions against operating crew performance: part II: overall simulator data, HRA method predictions, and intra-method comparisons
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2019; 191: 106510 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2019.106510
    DORA PSI
  • Liao H, Forester J, Dang VN, Bye A, Chang YHJ, Lois E
    Assessment of HRA method predictions against operating crew performance: part III: conclusions and achievements
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2019; 191: 106511 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2019.106511
    DORA PSI
  • Nordhoff S, Kyriakidis M, van Arem B, Happee R
    A multi-level model on automated vehicle acceptance (MAVA): a review-based study
    Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science. 2019; 20(6): 682-710. https://doi.org/10.1080/1463922X.2019.1621406
    DORA PSI

2018

  • Karanki DR, Dang VN, MacMillan MT, Podofillini L
    A comparison of dynamic event tree methods - case study on a chemical batch reactor
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2018; 169: 542-553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2017.10.003
    DORA PSI
  • Kyriakidis M, Lustenberger P, Burgherr P, Dang VN, Hirschberg S
    Quantifying energy systems resilience - a simulation approach to assess recovery
    Energy Technology. 2018; 6(9): 1700-1706. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201700841
    DORA PSI
  • Kyriakidis M, Kant V, Amir S, Dang VN
    Understanding human performance in sociotechnical systems - steps towards a generic framework
    Safety Science. 2018; 107: 202-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.07.008
    DORA PSI
  • Pandya D, Podofillini L, Emert F, Lomax AJ, Dang VN
    Developing the foundations of a cognition-based human reliability analysis model via mapping task types and performance-influencing factors: application to radiotherapy
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal or Risk and Reliability. 2018; 232(1): 3-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X17731903
    DORA PSI
  • Rahman S, Karanki DR, Epiney A, Wicaksono D, Zerkak O, Dang VN
    Deterministic sampling for propagating epistemic and aleatory uncertainty in dynamic event tree analysis
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2018; 175: 62-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2018.03.009
    DORA PSI

2017

D.R. Karanki, S. Rahman, V.N. Dang, O. Zerkak, Epistemic and aleatory uncertainties in integrated deterministic and probabilistic safety assessment: Tradeoff between accuracy and accident simulations, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 162, June 2017, 91-102. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2017.01.015

2016

D.R. Karanki, V.N. Dang, Quantification of Dynamic Event Trees - A Comparison with Event Trees for MLOCA Scenario Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Volume 147, March 2016, 19-31.

L. Mkrtchyan, L. Podofillini, V.N. Dang, Methods for building Conditional Probability Tables of Bayesian Belief Networks from limited judgment: an evaluation for Human Reliability Application. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 151, July 2016, 93-112, 2016. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2016.01.004

2015

P. Baraldi, L. Podofillini, L. Mkrtchyan, E. Zio, V. N. Dang, “Comparing the treatment of uncertainty in Bayesian networks and fuzzy expert systems used for a human reliability analysis application”. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Volume 138, June 2015, p. 176-193.

L. Mkrtchyan, L. Podofillini, V.N. Dang. “Bayesian belief Networks for Human reliability analysis: a review of applications and gaps”. Reliability Engineering & System Safety Volume 139, July 2015, p. 1-16.

D.R. Karanki , T.W. Kim, V.N. Dang (2015), A dynamic event tree informed approach to probabilistic accident sequence modeling: Dynamics and variabilities in medium LOCA, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Volume 142, October 2015, 78-91

2014

D.R. Karanki, V.N. Dang, "Treating Support System Dependencies among Safety Functions in Dynamic Event Tree Quantification", International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, ISSN 0975-6809, Vol. 5, No. 2, 127-132, 2014.

2013

L. PODOFILLINI, V.N. DANG, O. NUSBAUMER, D. DRES "A pilot study for errors of commission for a boiling water reactor using the CESA method" Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Volume 109, January 2013, Pages 86-98

L. PODOFILLINI, JINKYUN PARK, VINH N. DANG "Measuring the influence of task complexity on human error probability: an empirical evaluation", Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Volume 45, n.2, April 2013, p. 151-164.

L. PODOFILLINI, V.N. DANG "A Bayesian approach to treat expert-elicited probabilities in human reliability analysis model construction", Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Volume 117, September 2013, Pages 52-64

GUIAN QIAN, MARKUS NIFFENEGGER, DURGA RAO KARANKI, SHUXIN LI "Probabilistic leak-beforebreak analysis with correlated input parameters", Nuclear Engineering and Design 254, January 2013, P. 266-271.

2012

Kim, T. W.; Dang, V. N.; Zimmermann, M. A.; Manera, A. Quantitative evaluation of change in core damage frequency by postulated power uprate: Medium-break loss-of-coolant-accidents ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, Volume: 47, SEP 2012, P. 69-80

L. PODOFILLINI, V.N. DANG "Conventional and dynamic safety analysis: Comparison on a chemical batch reactor" Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Volume 106, October 2012, Pages 146-159

2011

KIM JA., KIM JO., PARK J., JANG S.C., SHIN Y.C. “Some empirical insights on diagnostic performance of the operating crew in a computer-based advanced control room”, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries (ISSN 1090-8471), 21(4), 379-396 (2011).
  • Greco SF, Podofillini L, Dang VN
    A Bayesian model to treat within-category and crew-to-crew variability in simulator data for Human Reliability Analysis
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2021; 206: 107309 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2020.107309
    DORA PSI
  • Greco SF, Podofillini L, Dang VN
    Crew performance variability in human error probability quantification: a methodology based on behavioral patterns from simulator data
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal or Risk and Reliability. 2021; 235(4): 637-659. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X20986743
    DORA PSI
  • Kottmann F, Kyriakidis M, Dang VN, Sansavini G
    Enhancing infrastructure resilience by using dynamically updated damage estimates in optimal repair planning: the power grid case
    ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering. 2021; 7(4): 04021048 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1061/AJRUA6.0001159
    DORA PSI
  • Kyriakidis M, Dang VN
    A scoping method for human performance integrity and reliability assessment in process industries
    Process Safety Progress. 2021; 40(4): 224-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/prs.12260
    DORA PSI
  • Podofillini L, Reer B, Dang VN
    Analysis of recent operational events involving inappropriate actions: influencing factors and root causes
    Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 2021; 216: 108013 (20 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2021.108013
    DORA PSI
  • Wang Y, Kyriakidis M, Dang VN
    Incorporating human factors in emergency evacuation - an overview of behavioral factors and models
    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2021; 60: 102254 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102254
    DORA PSI

2010

PODOFILLINI L., ZIO E., MERCURIO D., DANG V.N. “Dynamic safety assessment: scenario identification via a possibilistic clustering approach”, Reliab. Eng. Syst. Safe. (ISSN 0951-8320), 95(5), 534-549 (2010)

PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N., ZIO E., BARALDI P.1, LIBRIZZI M.1 “Using Expert Models in Human Reliability Analysis – a Dependence Assessment Method based on Fuzzy Logic”, Risk Analysis (ISSN 1539-6924), 30(8), 1277-1297 (2010)

2009

BARALDI P., LIBRIZZI M., ZIO E., PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N. “Two Techniques of Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Fuzzy Expert Systems”, Expert Syst. Appl. (ISSN 0957-4174), 36(10), 12461-12471 (2009)

MERCURIO D., PODOFILLINI L., ZIO E., DANG V.N. “Identification and classification of dynamic event-tree scenarios via possibilistic clustering: application to a steam generator tube rupture event”, Accid. Anal. Prev. (ISSN 0001-4575), 41(6), 1180-1191 (2009)

ZIO E., BARALDI P., LIBRIZZI M., PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N. “A fuzzy set-based approach for modeling dependence among human errors”, Fuzzy Sets and Systems (ISSN 0165-0114), 160(13), 1947-1964 (2009)

2008

FILIPPINI R., SEN S., BICCHI A. “Towards soft robots you can depend on”, IEEE Robotics and Automation (ISSN 1070-9932), 15(3), 31-41 (2008)

PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N., THOMSEN K. “Scoping-Level Probabilistic Safety Assessment of a complex experimental facility: challenges and first results from the application to a neutron source facility (MEGAPIE)”, Nucl. Eng. Des. (ISSN 0029-5493), 238(10), 2726-2738 (2008)

PODOFILLINI L., ZIO E. “Designing a Risk-Informed Balanced System by Genetic Algorithms: Comparison of Different Balancing Criteria”, Reliab. Eng. Syst. Saf. (ISSN 0951-8320), 93(12), 1842-1852 (2008)

PODOFILLINI L., ZIO E. “Events group risk importance by genetic algorithms", Proc. IMechE Part O: J. Risk and Reliability (ISSN 1748-006X), 222(3), 337-346 (2008)

REER B. “Review of advances in human reliability analysis of errors of commission, Part 1: EOC identification”, Reliab. Eng. Syst. Saf. (ISSN 0951-8320), 93(8), 1091-1104 (2008)

REER B. “Review of advances in human reliability analysis of errors of commission, Part 2: EOC quantification”, Reliab Eng Syst Saf. (ISSN 0951-8320), 93(8), 1105-1122 (2008)

2007

ZIO E., MARELLA M., PODOFILLINI L. “A Monte Carlo simulation approach to the availability assessment of multi-state systems with operational dependencies”, Reliab. Eng. Syst. Safety (ISSN 0951-8320), 92(7), 871-882 (2007)

ZIO E., MARELLA M., PODOFILLINI L. “Importance measure-based prioritization for improving the performance of multi-state systems: application to the railway industry”, Reliab. Eng. Syst. Safety (ISSN 0951-8320), 92(10), 1303-1314 (2007)

ZIO E., PODOFILLINI L. “Importance measures and genetic algorithms for designing a risk-informed optimally balanced system”, Reliab. Eng. Syst. Safety (ISSN 0951-8320), 92(10), 1435-1447 (2007)

ZIO E., PODOFILLINI L. “Integrated optimization of system design and spare parts allocation by means of multiobjective genetic algorithms and Monte Carlo simulation”, Risk and Reliability (ISSN 1748-006X), 221(01), 67-84 (2007)

2006

PODOFILLINI L., ZIO E., VATN J. “Risk-informed optimization of railway tracks inspection and maintenance procedures” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 91, Issue 1, 20-35, January 2006

ZIO E., PODOFILLINI L. “Accounting for components interactions in the differential importance measure” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 91, Issue 10-11, 1163-1174, October-November 2006

ZIO E., PODOFILLINI L., ZILLE V. “A combination of Monte Carlo simulation and cellular automata for computing the availability of complex network systems” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 91, Issue 2, 181-190, February 2006